THE MONITOR | :
A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored
Americans ]
Pubile'ied Every Thursday at Omaha Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub
lishing Company
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1916, at the Postofllre at
Omaha. Neb., under the Act ot March I, ItTI.
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.
George H. w. Bullock, Circulation Manager and Associate Editor.
TRAGO T. MCWILLIAMS, Associate Editor. Lincoln, Neb.
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A GREAT SCIENTIST
PROFESSOR Carver of Tuskegec
Institute has rendered a great
serv ice to the world which places him
in the very forefront of scientists.
His experiments with the sweet potato
and the peanut, which have resulted
in the extraction, dvelopment, discov
ery or invention of a vast variety of
food products, have given him an en
viable place in the scientific world.
What Burbank has done in his famous
laboratories for fruits and flowers,
that Carver has done in his labora
tory for the peanut and sweet potato.
Who would ever believe that the pea
nut were so rich in food products, or
that it would yield dyes, inks and
pomades ? Professor Carver has done
great service for the world and the
members of our race can be justly
proud of his achievements. His work
and example in his chosen field should
be an inspiration to our youth who
are inclined to feel that they are lim
ited and circumscribed in their oppor
tunities. Chemistry, scientific agri
culture, electricity, aeronautics and
other branches offer many unexplored
fields for discovery and conquest.
THINK HIGHLY
OUR youth need to have brought
before them frequently the names
of the great men and women of our
race who have achieved great things
for God and humanity. We have many
such. Their biographies should be
familiar to us all. A false system of
education keeps before our youth the
idea that none of our folk have ever
amounted to much and that conse
quently ours is an “inferior race.”
This is the tendency of American
thought and American custom. This
underlies the principle of segregation
and the denial of our constitutional
rights. It is to impress upon the
American of color that he is inher
ently an inferior being to every othe
race variety. It is therefore quite
necessary that press and pulpit, and
the press is becoming a powerful
agency among us, should disabuse the
minds of our people of this fallacy to
which they have unconsciously be
come more or less enslaved, by giving
them concrete examples of successful
achievement and of worthwhile thing?
done and being done by men and wom
en of our race. It is up to us to give
the facts which by others are eithei
unknown or suppressed. We must
teach our people to think highly oi
themselves. To think highly is the
first step towards acting highly.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
f^REDERICK Douglass is one ol
America's greatest name:. Re
cently when the names of America’s
greatest were being discussed for a
place in the hall of fame that of
Douglass was seriously considered.
He was not chosen by the committee,
but the fait that his place in Ameri
can history was of sufficient impor
tance to have him numbered among
those eligible for such a distinction is
not without significance. His birth
day has been fixed as February 14.
His death occurred on February 20.
No year should be permitted to pass
without fit commemoration of this
great American who arose from gall
ing chattel slavery to eminent heights
of statesmanship.
SAVAGERY SHAMES NATION
f | '’HE horrible and almost unbeliev
-*■ able outbursts of savagerv upon
the part of white Americans against
black Americans which occur from
time to time in various sections of
this country, but most frequently in
the South, are such as to raise grave
ioubts 'n the minds of many as to
the genuineness and effectiveness of
civilization among white people. The
brutality manifested at such times
shows that "wisdom has fled to brut
ish beasts and men have lost their
reason.” One of the most recent
manifestations of this savagery oc
curred at Nodsn a. Ark., a few .lavs
ago. an account of which appears else
where in our columns; but before
these words reach our readers there
may be, and doubtless will be, an out
| break of this murderous insanity else
where. We know that the great mass
of Americans are humane and kind
hearted and for this reason it per
turbs us the more when we notice the
general apathy and indifference with
which the general public seems to j
view such manifestations of savagery
which really belie our national char
acter. We hope the day will never
come when black Americans will be
guilty of such acts of savagery as
have been so frequently manifested
by white Americans, whose training
and advantages should make them ex
amples and exponents of sanity, so
briety and self-restraint, upon whom
we should rely for the highest moral
leadership. Such savagery as that to
: which we here refer and deplore
shames the nation.
DOPE PEDDLERS
UDGE Munger recently sentenced
several dope peddlers to prison
i terms. He did the correct thing. The
' Monitor only regrets that some of the
| “higher ups,” who have used these
men and women as their agents and
have amassed fortunes through this
■ damning traffic in narcotics, did not
also' get what rightfully belongs to
them. We hope the federal authori
; ties will not cease their efforts until
1 every member of the “dope ring” is
run down and given his deserts.
SNYCOPATED SPASMS
LOOKING I P THE EDITOR
IN this here cullud community, as it
were, it is a funnv thing hov folks
i always forget the editor. When they
want to pull off something splazaz:
and make a big dent in the social ring,
l thev blow around to the editorial
wickiup, pat friend editor on the back
and ask him to spread the salve on a
i little thick so that they will be able
to harvest a nifty crop of mazuma
Then when the splash has been
splashed, and they almost break their
backs hauling home the cush, they ex
pect friend Ed. to mess up a column
or two of his paper about what a
swell diggins they had, who was ther
and what they wore. If Ed. slips a cog
and forgets to mention the glad
i spread, friend promoter gets warmish
under the red necktie and tells Ed.
that his paper is all to the bum. Now
the correct and customary way to put
across a big thing is to invite brother
editor in on the ground floor. Slip
him a couple of passes so he can come
into the door without wrecking his
pooketbook. His said money con
tainer is never very hefty at the best
and if he tried to keep up with every
social bing-bang that spreads its glor
i ious colors over fhe signboards, he
| would be hauled to the poor farm be
fore the violets bloom again. Of
I course, wc know that the gineral pub
lic doesn’t know about this custom,
| but it is time that it is taking a tum
ble. Friend Ed. knows that the sue
cess of bis ink sheet depends upon
getting all the news and it keeps him
stepping around to get it, but when
j you expect him to dig into his jeans
and pass out a bone or two every
; other night, you’re getting ready to
break up his playhouse. So kindly
i consider, Mister and Misses Public,
that Ed. is human and that pickings
are scarce in this era of hefty ex
pense. locate the soft spot in your
cardiac regions and slip Ed. a couple
of pasteboards so that he can take a
peep at your joy fests without miss
ing his regular two meals a day.
HAVE WE EFFICIENT LEADERS
IN OCR RACE.
By H. Wallace Thurman
IV/7E often hear this questi in dis
™ cussed both pro and con among
members of our race and there seems
to be a great difference of opinion in
regard to the answer. I believe that
we have a number of undeveloped
leaders in our race, who, if properly
developed, would come forth as great
leaders capable of amalgamating
forces strong enough to meet optimis
tically the most perplexing racial is
sues.
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These men, who could be developed i
nto efficient leaders, must first de- ;
•elop themselves along many lines. ]
rhev must first obtain a good educa
ion, eradicate all selfishness and dis
lonesty from their makeup, and not ■
tllow themselves to become the min
ons of others, as many of our so
alled leaders do today. He must be
straight-forward and unafraid of in
vestigation. It seems that many of
>ur race, especially the business and
irofessional men, fear investigation
is they do the smallpox. We frequent- -
y find a man who is mentally fit, but
vho is morally unfit, and vice versa, j
•onsequently we find ourselves in
■ritical times with a dearth of men
•apable of becoming leaders.
The majority of our ministers are
lisqualified as leaders because every
hing with which they become con
lected, they wish to make a denomina
ional affair, causing unnecessary and
ivoidable strife. The majority of our
awyers are disqualified because they
usually become connected with dirty
politics and then, when they are called
upon to make a stand for their race,
are unable to make a showing because
they are held in leash by their un
scrupulous connections. The majority
of our physicians, dentists and pharm
acists are disqualified because they
are generally selfish and too self-cer
tered to concern themselves over the |
affairs of others.
The majority of our teachers keep
themselves so far out of the limelight
that we hardly ever hear of them. The
majority of our laymen are either too
busy trying to earn a living or else
too illiterate to qualify as loaders. The
majority of our business, men are
either grafters or at least trying to
be and so are no good to themselve
or no one else. With so many dis
qualified, where am I to find my
leaders ?
Among the minority of the men
that I have been discussing you will
find a few brilliant, honest and unsel
fish, moral men. who are submerged
by the faults of others. If these pre
cious few come out of their shell an<*
put out their banner of truth, honesty
and unselfishness, they are fought by
the afore-mentioned majority and our
one ray of promising sunshine is hid
den by the clouds of immorality and
selfishness.
So (with apologies to Marr An
tony), friends, business men and pro
fessionals and laymen of the colored
race. lend me your ears. If you would
see the race advance and see our
capable men developed into efficient
leaders to make this advancement
possible, think less of your own per
sonal interest and think more of the
interest of the race—quit trying to tv
grafters and quit being antagonistic
towards one another. Assemble one
and all under the banners of truth, un-i
selfishness, good morals and honesty,
and you will be agreeably surprised at
the number of efficient men that will
crop out and at the amount of good
that these leaders can do for the race
IN defense of his name
Omaha, Neb., February 8, 1921.—
Be it known to the public that I,
Charles H. Bradford, issue the follow -
ing .-tatement in defense of my good
name in connection with the York Rit'
Masons:
I personally obtained that restrain
ing order against Mr. Clarence J.
Goode because there was no other
course left open to me but to do it.
I came to Omaha in August, 1918,
with a good name, being honest, just
and upright in my dealings towards
all men and I shall resist, by all hon
orable means any attempt by any man
or set of men to bring any stain or
dishonor on my name. When I came
to this city I nursed a sick wife and
son. I made my start from the ground
and climbed up, having at that time
less than $100.00 in cash, but both I
and my wife had in addition to thi®
a clean name. Both of us were mem
bers of fraternities or lodges at that
time. Since we came here we have
lived upright and clean as near as it
was humanly possible to do with God’s
help. I am a Christian and even
though none of us are sinless before
God, yet I have endeavored to follow
close to the Golden Rule, “Do unto all
men as I would have them do unto
me/'
I wish it to be plainly understood
that I cherish no ill will toward any |
meml>er of the York Rite Masons, as
such be it far from me to do such. On I
the contrary, I wish to say hereby to
the people of Omaha that there are
some of the finest men in the world
to be found among the memlters of
the York Rite Masons. Men whom
any man could trust to the limit with
out fear of any act of impropriety,
whether in your home or in the street.
But there are exceptions in people in
lodges as well as outside who not only
are unworthy of connection with the
lodge but who cannot he trusted in
anything whatsoever. I am myself a
rhirty-second Degree Mason, not in
lame only, but in my heart. There
fore, as long as Masonry is practiced |
n the spirit of its foundation cleanly
and unimpeachably, I am for it; when
t is not, I am against it. Therefore,
am serving virtual notice on the
fork Rite Masons that they be ex
ceedingly careful and say nothing
intil you know' all the facts concern- '
ng this unfavorable talk about me.
I desire also to serve notice on the
aublic that in order to form a just
ipinion about the whole matter, come!
o the trial which will take place Mon
lay morning, February 14.
I am quite frank in declaring here- j
>y my complete disassociation and |
Hsconnection with the York Rite Ms- I
onic order, but with good will to all {
ind ill feeling toward none. I invite
ou all to watch my conduct both at
iome and out of it.
Signed) CHARLES H. BRADFORD,
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